I know there's a few of us die hards / lovers in here...

CYPRHESS HILL SMOKEOUT FESTIVAL - October 16, 2010

So, she was scheduled to go on for an hour from 9:15pm -- 10:15pm.

I figured this being a festival and all, she would be 45 min late and only do 5/6 songs. And i had driven my ass 70 miles east to San Bernadino.

I was right on the 45 min late part.

However, she played a healthy 80-90 minutes and it was, out of the tens of shows I've been to, her best!

Rather than feature her regular band with the background singers, flute, etc she had 7 or 8 dudes onstage in "Cannabinoids" T-shirts all with laptops. Plus RC, her musical director, on a computer and synth, and her drummer in the back. The rest was ALL DIGITAL. SUCH an amazing, trippy vibe! She also debuted a handful of NEW tracks which sounded very futuristic, my friend dubbed it "spaceship funk"

Setlist

(that i can remember)

The Healer

*New*

On & on

... & On (the digital sample background music for this one was TIGHT! think isley brothers in 2050)

*New*

I Want You (psychedelic guitar solo sampled with new lyrics over it)

Umm Hmm (beautifully subtle new arrangement)

Soldier

That Hump (new arrangement with just the bridge and a recurring chorus of "let the dollar circulate")

*New*

You Loving Me

Otherside of the Game (gorgeous)

Danger

Bag Lady

Didn't Cha Know (snip it)

Love (first time hearing live - almost a ca pella - hottt way to end the show!!!)

I may have forgot one or two but you get the gist.

I wonder if this signals a new direction, or if there really is a part 3 that will be all digititized a la part 1!!!!

She seemed in the best place ever and so happy. Not high. No "back in the day (puff)" oddly, even though it was a smoke out fest!

[Edited 10/18/10 12:12pm]

i want to hear this NOW

Wow. Would so love to see and hear this. I can't even imagine this new set up.

JackieBlue said:

Wow. Would so love to see and hear this. I can't even imagine this new set up.

it sounds like it could be totally freakin awesome!!!

love the hair!

glad you enjoyed yourself

long live badu!!!

The wig and the clothes look horrible.

Sounds interesting. Can´t wait to see her again one day. You got me curious about that digital sound.

I liked both parts of New Amerykah but somehow, most of the new stuff sounds very sketchy IMO and it doesn´t really stick in my head like, say, Mama´s Gun or WorldWideUnderground did. New Amerykah I, as great as it is, is an album that I find very dark and I hardly ever put it on, even though I can see the direction she wanted to go.

Can´t wait to hear more music by the great Ms.Badu.

No matter how sketchy and weird some of her new music sounds, I always buy anything she releases.

would love to hear the new songs someday...